linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arch: use ASM_NL instead of ';' for assembler new line character in the macro

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Date:	Tue, 29 Oct 2013 10:39:29 +0000
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, Vineet Gupta <vineetg76@...il.com>,
	James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arch: use ASM_NL instead of ';' for assembler new line character in the macro

Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com> wrote:

> > And you also need to fix kernel/modsign_certificate.S as part of same patchset as
> > that is where the problem started in first place.
> > 
> 
> Hmm... can that be another patch?
> 
> For "kernel/modsign_certificate.S", I recommend to expand the macro
> which will shrink code line, either need not include additional header
> file, I feel that will be simpler for both code reader and writers.

I recommend leaving that file alone.  That gets moved to a .S file in patches
queued in the security tree.

David
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